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An Act to amend the Charter of the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, and for other purposes. 1833 734 (1833)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0253 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 21lA1r. 517.-AN ACT to amend the Charter of the Maysville, 1834. Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, and for other purposes. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentuccy, That it shall be the duty Gate, to be of the president and directors of the-Maysville, Wash- placed as near ington, Paris, and Lexington' Turnpike Road Compa- as maybe at ny, so toplace their turnpike gates, as to be as near as regular inter- may be at regular intervals of five miles, and not vals of 5 miles. within a less distance than one mile of the improved part of any town now established by law; and this provision shall be complied with within three months, from the passage of this act: Provide4, That the turn- pike gate between Maysville and Washington shall Proviso. not be affected by this provision. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or pelsons to burn, or attempt Made felony to t44 burn any turnpike gate across any turnpike road, or burn a gate or any bridge across any stream in this cominmonwealth, bridge. or wilfully destroy, or ittempt to destroy any such gate or bridge by any other means, and each and ev- ery person who shall willuily burn, or attempt to burn any such turnpike gate or bridge, contrary to this act, shall be guilty of &Iony, and undergo confinement in Punishment. the jail and penitentiary for a period not less than two years, and not more than five years: and any person Accessariesto procuring, aiding, or abetting any such offence, shall be punished as also, be guilty of felony, and subject to the like pun- felons. ishment: and any person or persons wtio shall.wilfully destroy, or attempt to destroy, by any other means Misdemeanor than burning, any such turnpike gate or bridge, shall to injure agate be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction there- or bridge. of, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, Fine. and not more than one hundred dollars, and stand committedto the jail of the county until the same is paid, and until all the damages sustained by said turn- pike company, or the owners of [ny bridge, are fully paid such damages: and any slaie or slaves, who shall be guilty of burning, or attempting to burn anV turn- A slave who is pike- gate or bridge as aforesaid, shall be deemed, guilty of burn- guilty of arson, and suffer the punishment inflicted by lig agate or , , bridge, to be law for that offence when committed by a slave; and punished with any slave or slaves, who may be guilty of destroying, death. or attempting to destroy, in any other mode than by burning, any such gate or bridge, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to corporal pun- ishment, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes.

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